Cap



ESDOR K. TB/AU, 0F LQUISTLME, KENTUCKY.

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speeiauon; tif-'tenere raient.

applicativa mea Jan'liaryie, 1922.

lspecial reference to a cap.

More particularly the invention relates to a cap having means foradjusting the Same to heads of various sizes.'

One important object of the invention is to improve the generalconstruction of adjustable caps.

A second important object oi this invern tion is to provide en improvedconruction of adjustable cap wherein the adiusting means will be ofsimple of construction and may be made 'of ordinary stock parts.

A third important object of this invention is to provide an improvedform of cap of the class' described wherein the adjusting means will notproduce, when the size of the cap is reduced, unsightly or uncomfortablefolds or bulges inthe cap material.

1With the above and other objects in view,

the invention consists in general of certain' novel details or"construction and combina.-

tions 'of parts hereinafter fully described,

illustrated in the accompanying drawings,

and specifically claimed.

ln the accompanying drawings, like char- "p acters of reference indicatelike parte in the several views, and

upwards as shown at Figure l is a front view or a cap con'- structed inaccordance With this invention, the adjusting means, beingshown in fulllines in one position and in dotted lines in a second position.

Figure 2 is a vertical longitudinal section on the median plane of 'thecap.

Figure 3 is a section on the line 3-3 -of Figure l.

Figurefl is a face view of the sizing strip L" forming: part of theadpxstlng means for the cap,

n the construction oic a cap' in accordance tho -usuzil 'body i() andvisor-l1. At each side the body 1s slit from the bottom edge suchcharacter that it is l2, the slits extending serial No. 530,121'1'1upward for aboutone inch so as to terminate portion of above the upperedge of the band the cap.

' Sewed to one side of the cap just back of( the slit l2 is `one end ofa flexible band 13 whereon is secured, as by fasteners 14, a metallicstrip or band 'l5 provided with a series of spaced snap buttons 16.Above these buttons 16 are suitable indicia to show'- which button to beused to adjust the cap to a given size.

Served. to the other side of the cap just behind the slit 12 on thatside is the rear end of a flexible band 17 which is provided, ad. jacentits free end` with a. snap eye 18, olf the proper size to fit` thebuttons 16. This band 17, as Well as the band 13 areled L'IQQI 'PatentedMay a, ieee.l

through keeper straps 19eevved to 'the frontl of the cap.

The cap is also providedvf'ith a snap hutton 2O on the vizon l1 and a'snap eye 21 on the front of the cap so that the front may be buttoneddown, as 'shown in Figure 2, and thus conceal the adjusting` means.

'The adjustment of this cap from one size to another is readily eiectedby lifting the front of the cap and then shifting the' snap eye from oneto another of the buttons '16 after which the cap front is again snappeddown. Moreover this adjustment is effected withv outproducing bulges orfolds which are either unsightly. or uncomfortable since the slits 12permit a certain amount of overlaping of' the 'front and back parts ofthe cap et the band portion.

There has thus been provided :Ljsimple and efficient device of the kinddescribed and for the urposes specified. f

aving thus described the invention, what is claimed asnew, is zl. A capof the character described,l hav-k ling a body provided with slitsextending up! Ward from its bottom edge, straps extending from the rearedges of the slits v'and overlappin in front of the body, a stripsecured to .the ace of one of the straps and provided with. spaced snapbutton membersmounted thereon at predetermined size intervals, said'strip'liaving size indicia. impressed on the members and a cooperatingsnap button member on the other strap.

.2. A cap of the character described, haved strip Vadjacenttherespective snap button mounted thefeion at predetermined sizeinsecured to the face of one `of the straps and Q www? inga bodyprovided withvslits extending up- -tervuls, smid strip having sizeindicia imward from its bottom edge, sti-aps extending pressed on thesmip mljacent the respective from ,the rear edges of the slits and oversnap button members andeoooperntig snmp 10 lappiiig in front 'of 'thebody, a rigid strip button member on the other strap.

In tesimony whereof 1I iix my'signemre. l I

IISIDR 1K. 'FRAU provided with spaced snap button lnnembersv

